It’s been fairly a number of years, however Eddy Merckx Bikes are again, rebooted with 4 new street, all-road & gravel bikes. With reasonably priced costs, on-line customization, and even all-road & gravel choices in metal, aluminum & carbon, these are probably the most accessible Merckx bikes but.
Plus, to have fun the reboot, all the new carbon bikes can be found in a brand new restricted Eddy Merckx Retrosonic version with styling impressed by a basic Eighties Merckx Panasonic crew bike.
2024 Eddy Merckx Bikes reboot for Street, All-Street & Gravel
The newly up to date 2024 Eddy Merckx Bikes vary is a mixture of newly refined bikes and a few carry over fashions that we’ve seen evolves over time.
Eddy Merckx 525 street race
Merckx carries over the identical carbon 525 street race bike. One we’ve been maintaining tabs on because it re-entered the race scene 4 and a half years in the past. It was a stable aero all-rounder then, with its comfort-kinked seatstays. And nonetheless guarantees a steadiness of race-ready geometry and supreme stiffness from the ultra-hi-mod carbon body.
Eddy Merckx Mendrisio endurance street
A considerably new street addition is the Merckx Mendrisio. In reality, a strikingly comparable bike to the 5252, targeted extra on longer endurance street rides. The Mendrisio has virtually precisely the identical 525 geometry. Minus a tweak right here & there. Nevertheless it opts for a extra compliant hi-mod carbon layup, a shallower seattube and spherical seatpost, and the choice for 1-piece or standard cockpits.
Eddy Merckx Mendrisio Pévèle all-road & gravel
One other new one is the Merckx Pévèle all-road to gravel bike. The all-road options comparable styling to the endurance street Mendrisio. Merckx constructed the Pévèle to be light-weight, however a bit more durable and with extra steady geometry. Plus all of the mounting factors you can want, and clearance for as much as 42mm broad tires. Rooted within the previous model of the Strasbourg, Merckx calls this new Pévèle their in-between bike. It’s a motorbike then, the place you need to use their on-line customization instrument to construct it extra as street or gravel, relying on the way you wish to trip.
Eddy Merckx Strasbourg journey gravel & bikepacking
Lastly, the long-running Strasbourg gravel bike will get a floor up overhaul to make it a contemporary gravel machine. Large tire clearance as much as 700 x 53mm. The Strasbourg borders on mountain bike territory. And you may even set it up with a gravel suspension fork. Its geometry is once more extra relaxed than the street race bikes with a decrease middle of gravity. However the Strasbourg retains a comparatively steep head angle and low body Stack for a fast dealing with trip high quality. A 1x particular gravel bike, it additionally will get all the adventure-ready bikepacking mounts & for fenders, too.
Restricted Eddy Merckx Retrosonic version carbon street & gravel bikes
In honor of the model’s relaunch, Merckx have a brand new restricted version paint scheme dubbed Retrosonic. Developed as a “tribute to the legendary Panasonic biking crew that rode Eddy Merckx bikes within the Eighties“, the retro blue paintjob will probably be accessible on all the 4 new carbon bikes. The restricted version Eddy Merckx Retrosonic end will probably be accessible beginning February twenty fourth to coincide with the beginning of the spring’s cobblestone classics, at no extra cost.
Throughout the first sketches, it already turned clear {that a} ‘truthful interpretation’ would work very effectively. In fact, some tweaking was crucial, as a result of the body of our carbon bikes is just totally different from the metal from the unique Corsa street bike.
– Luc Doucé, Eddy Merckx Bikes designer/
What else is coming?
Past the present vary of the 4 bikes above, there may be additionally nonetheless the carry-over {custom} Merckx Corsa for street or gravel in titanium, metal or aluminum, made solely in Belgium. They do ready-made geo or full {custom}, you simply must get in contact to determine what you want.
As well as, Eddy Merckx Bikes says they are going to introduce 3 all-new bikes this coming yr. “There will probably be sporty e-bikes and an addition within the efficiency phase. The cooperation with the UCI ProTour Workforce Flanders – Baloise can even be additional anchored.” We’ll preserve our eyes open to see what all that can entail.
Eddy Merckx Bikes – Pricing, availability & choices
The entire revamped Eddy Merckx Bikes can be found as separate framesets or customizable full bikes. The highest-tier 525 street frameset sells for 3500€, with full custom-made Shimano 105 Di2 builds from 5000€. The Mendrisio body is way more reasonably priced at 2000€, with mechanical 105 builds from 2700€.
The all-road Pévèle brings it again as much as 3000€ for a carbon frameset, and 105 mechanical completes from 3300€. Whereas the carbon gravel Strasbourg begins at 2500€ for a frameset, and Rival 1×11 mechanical builds from simply 3000€, if the Merckx website numbers add up accurately.
Each the Pévèle & Strasbourg are additionally supplied in aluminum & metal framesets. That unquestionably helps decrease the whole bike value of entry as little as 1800€ with SRAM Apex 1×11.
The entire Merckx bikes are supposed to be custom-made & ordered on-line, then delivered to your native bike store for pick-up. Which means you may modify coloration and even semi-custom paint jobs to your liking, plus dial in match with choices like element sizing and cockpit model.
As a bonus this yr of relaunching, Eddy Merckx Bikes presents the {custom} paint schemes at no extra value in 2024. So there’s no cause to not get a one-of-a-kind Merckx bike. Then, built-to-order in Belgium by the Belgian Biking Manufacturing unit subsequent to Ridleys. Subsequently count on a little bit of time from bike order to pick-up.
